Water-closet bowl



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H. 0. WBEDEN. WATER CLOSET BOWL.

Patented Aug. 4, 18851.

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UNITED STATES PATENT Urricn.

HENRY O. XVEEDEN, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTTS.

WATER-CLOSET BOWL.

SP EClFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 323,549, dated August4, 1885.

Application filed Decembcrlfi, 1 .594.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY G. \VEEDEN, of Boston, in the county ofSuffolk and State of lilassachusetts, a citizen of the United States,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tater-Closet Bowls,of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to that class of waterclosets known as the wash-outcloset, the distinguishing features of which are that the bowl of thecloset is provided with an outlet at the side instead of at the bottom,and that the bottom of the bowl is made slightly dished or concave, soas to retain a small quantity of water, and also so as to expose thewhite surface of the earthenware, of which these closets areunii'ormly'made. This form of closet is considered more attractive inappearance than are the hopper-closets, in which the opening, being atthe bottom, is in plain sight.

NVaslrout closets such as I have described have been for some years wellknown and widely used.

The object of my present invention is to provide improvements in theconstruction of the devices by means of which such closets arc flushed;and my improvement is illustrated in the drawings, in which 7 Figures 1and 2 are respectively top and side views of a wash-out closet providedwith my invention, and Figs. 3 and i are respectively longitudinal andtransverse sections of the same.

Closets of this character have heretofore been provided with what isknown as a rimflush, consisting of a hollow perforated rim extendingsubstantially around the top of the bowl, and also with abottom orlateral flush consisting of a flattened pipe extending from therim-flush downwardly to and opening at the level of the bottom of thecloset; and both these flushes are commonly formed of the same materialas the bowl itself.

The object of the rim-flush is to supply water through the perforationsto moisten and cleanse the sides of the bowl, and of the bottom-flush tosupply water to scour the bottom of the bowl. Heretofore the water forthis purpose has been introduced into the rim and bottom flushingpassages at their junction,and

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such a construction is illustrated in English Letters Patent No. 4,424of 1876, granted to S. S. Hellyer; but these ciosels so constructed haveseveral practical disadvantagesfor example, the water-supply entering atthe junciion oi the rim-flush and bottom-flush is divided and a-portiononly passes into the rim-flush. It follows from this that the rinrflush,being performed bya part only of the water, is liable not to bethoroughly accomplished. Again, the hottomilush is of necessity locatedopposite the outlet of the closet, and the closet is uniformly set withits outlet in the rear. The location of the bottom-flush opposite theoutlet is necessary in order that the water may traverse the whole ofthe bottom of the closet before it goes outthrough the outlet; and theset ting of the outlet at the rear is necessary for the reason that ifthis part of the closet were set in front the occupant would be exposedto the splashing of the water coming from the bottomflush. Lastly, inorder to leave the space required for the proper connectiou of the inletwith the supply pipe requires the boxing or casingto be set at such adistance from the closet as to render it exceedingly inconvenient inuse. By my present invention I have obviated all these defects, as willbe apparent from an examination of my improved structure, as hereindescribed and shown.

In the drawings, A represents the closetbowl, 6 the flushing-rim, and Dthe bottom flushing pipe. E represents the water inlet. This I locate atthe back or immediately over the outlet. diverging branches of theflushing-rim, which meet again at the opposite side of the closet, andat their point ofjun'ction the bottom-flushing-pipe leads out from them.In a closet so constructed the whole volume of water entering through Epasses first through the hollow perforated flushing-rim 0, therebyinsuring a thorough rinrfiush. Furthermore, this rinr flush so obtainedcommences before the bot tom-flush, and this is advantageous, as itgives for a certain length of time an unresisted downward washing of thesides of the bowl. Again, the inlet E, being at the back of the closet,is in a convenient position to be connected to the supply-pipe from thecistern or tank, and

It connects, as shown, with the the boxing or casing may be brought upto the bowl at the front, so that the closet is thereby made entirelyeasy of access.

I am aware of the structures described and shown in United StatesLetters Patent No. 253,152- and No. 271,752, also that shown in EnglishPatent No. 2,969, of 1883, and make no claim to what is therein shown.

I claim- A wash-out closet having the water-inlet E, located at the backof the bowl and made integral therewith, a branched flushing rimextending from the Water-inlet around both sides of the bowl and locatedwholly therein, and a hollow descending passage, D, connected with thetwo branches of the flushing -riin at a point opposite itsjunetion withthe water-inlet, and extending downwardly to the bottom of the bowl,whereby the flushing-current first enters and fills the flushingrim andis subsequently discharged through \Vitnesses:

J. HENRY TAYLOR, J AMES F. BLIGH.

